بل

See also: تل‎ and پل‎

Arabic

Conjunction

بَلْ • (bal)

  1. (after a negative) but; rather
    ‏لَا يَكْرَهُهَا، بَل يُحِبُّهَا‎
    lā yakrahuhā, bal yuḥibbuhā
    He doesn’t hate her, but rather loves her.
  2. (after an affirmative) used to cancel what precedes it and confirm what follows it
    ‏جَاءَتْ سُعَادُ، بَلْ سَلْمَى‎
    jāʔat suʕādu, bal salmā
    It wasn't Su'ad that came, but rather Salma.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • بَلْ وَ‎ (bal wa)

Etymology 2

From the root ب ل ل‎ (b-l-l).

Verb

بَلَّ • (balla) I, non-past يَبُلُّ‎‎ (yabullu)

  1. to moisten, to wet, to sprinkle
Conjugation
References

Noun

بَلّ • (ball) m

  1. verbal noun of بَلَّ (balla) (form I)
Declension
References

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.

Verb

بَلْ (bal)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) to become

Derived terms

  • بَلطور‎ (balt'ur)
  • بلطر‎ (balt'ur)

Descendants

  • Chuvash: пул (pul)

References

  • İbrahim ARIKAN, İdil Bulgar Kitâbelerinde Geçen “BALTUR” Sözcüğü Üzerine, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Türkoloji Dergisi 21, 1 (2014) 15-24

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *bəδ, *bəδá, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *bidá[1], from Proto-Iranian *dwitáh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • (file)

Adjective

بل • (bël)

  1. other
  2. next

Declension

References

  1. Julian Kreidl (2021), “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus

Persian

Noun

بل • (bol)

  1. (Sistani) bubble

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل ل‎

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّ‎ (balla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/, [bal]
  • (file)

Verb

بلّ • (ball) (form I, present ببلّ‎ (bibill))

  1. to make wet, to moisten
    Antonyms: نشّف‎ (naššaf), جفّف‎ (jaffaf)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بلّ (ball)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بلّيت (ballēt) بلّيت (ballēt) بلّ (ball) بلّينا (ballēna) بلّيتو (ballētu) بلّو (ballu)
f بلّيتي (ballēti) بلّت (ballat)
present m ببلّ (babill) بتبلّ (bitbill) ببلّ (bibill) منبلّ (minbill) بتبلّو (bitbillu) ببلّو (bibillu)
f بتبلّي (bitbilli) بتبلّ (bitbill)
subjunctive m ابلّ (abill) تبلّ (tbill) يبلّ (ybill) نبلّ (nbill) تبلّو (tbillu) يبلّو (ybillu)
f تبلّي (tbilli) تبلّ (tbill)
imperative m بلّ (bill) بلّو (billu)
f بلّي (billi)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بل (bāl, ba:l)

  1. (Kuzarg) snow

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit बल (bala), from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“power, strength”).

Noun

بل • (bal) m (Hindi spelling बल)

  1. power
  2. strength
  3. might
  4. vigor
  5. effort
  6. force
  7. violence
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